2025 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament

The 2025 NCAA Division I Women's Lacrosse Championship was the 43rd annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of NCAA Division I women's college lacrosse. The semifinal and championship rounds will be played at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts, on May 23 and May 25.^[2][3][4] All other rounds were played at campus sites, usually at the home field of the higher-seeded team, from May 9–15. First and second round games will be broadcast on ESPN+, quarterfinals and semifinal games will be broadcast on ESPNU, and the national championship will be broadcast on ESPN.

2025 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament
Dates	May 9-25
Teams	29
Finals site	Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts
Champions	North Carolina (4th title)
Runner-up	Northwestern (11th title game)
Semifinalists	Florida (3rd Final Four) Boston College (8th Final Four)
Winning coach	Jenny Levy (4th title)
Attendance[1]	14,423 finals
NCAA Division I women's tournaments «2024 2026»

Tournament field

All NCAA Division I women's lacrosse programs are eligible for this championship, and a total of 29 teams will be invited to participate. 15 teams qualify automatically by winning their conference tournaments, while the remaining 14 teams qualify at-large based on their regular season records.^[5]

Teams

Seed	School	Conference	Berth Type	RPI[6]	Record
1	North Carolina	ACC	Automatic	1	18-0
2	Boston College	ACC	At-large	2	17-2
3	Northwestern	Big Ten	Automatic	3	16-2
4	Florida	Big 12	Automatic	5	17-2
5	Virginia	ACC	At-large	7	11-6
6	Maryland	Big Ten	At-large	8	14-5
7	Yale	Ivy	Automatic	6	14-3
8	Johns Hopkins	Big Ten	At-large	10	12-6
	Akron	MAC	Automatic	87	11-7
	Army West Point	Patriot	At-large	21	13-3
	Brown	Ivy	At-large	27	10-6
	Clemson	ACC	At-large	17	13-6
	Denver	Big East	Automatic	24	14-5
	Duke	ACC	At-large	20	12-5
	Fairfield	MAAC	Automatic	52	11-7
	James Madison	American	Automatic	9	14-4
	Liberty	ASUN	Automatic	39	12-7
	LIU	Northeast	Automatic	67	12-6
	Loyola (MD)	Patriot	At-large	15	13-6
	Massachusetts	Atlantic 10	Automatic	16	15-3
	Mercer	Big South	Automatic	53	12-7
	Michigan	Big Ten	At-large	19	12-6
	Navy	Patriot	Automatic	14	15-5
	Penn	Ivy	At-large	12	10-6
	Princeton	Ivy	At-large	4	14-3
	Stanford	ACC	At-large	11	14-5
	Stony Brook	CAA	Automatic	18	15-4
	Syracuse	ACC	At-large	13	9-8
	UAlbany	American East	Automatic	49	9-9

Bracket

Tournament bracket

	First Round May 9 Regional Campus Sites					Second Round May 11 Regional Campus Sites					Quarterfinals May 15 Campus Sites					Semifinals May 23 Gillette Stadium					Final May 25 Gillette Stadium
						1	North Carolina*	18
							Clemson	9
		Navy	8
		Clemson	11
											1	North Carolina	19
												Princeton	10
		Princeton	19
		Massachusetts	10
							Princeton	18
						8	Johns Hopkins	12
		Liberty	11
	8	Johns Hopkins*	21
																1	North Carolina	20
																4	Florida	4
	5	Virginia*	20
		LIU	6
						5	Virginia	9
							Duke	17
		James Madison	10
		Duke	17
												Duke	9
											4	Florida	11
		Stanford	10
		Denver	4
							Stanford	12
						4	Florida*	13
		Mercer	6
	4	Florida*	18
																					1	North Carolina	12
																					3	Northwestern	8
						3	Northwestern*	15
							Michigan	7
		Michigan	17
		Akron	6
											3	Northwestern	17
												Penn	12
		Penn	16
		Army West Point	6
							Penn	11
						6	Maryland	10
		Fairfield	7
	6	Maryland*	16
																3	Northwestern	12
																2	Boston College	11
	7	Yale*	12
		UAlbany	9
						7	Yale	9
							Syracuse	8
		Syracuse	15
		Brown	9
											7	Yale	11
											2	Boston College	18
		Loyola (MD)	8
		Stony Brook	11
							Stony Brook	7
						2	Boston College*	10

• *First and second round host

Source^[7]

Tournament notes

The Boston College Eagles entered the tournament as the reigning national champions, after winning the national championship at the 2024 NCAA tournament. Boston College entered the tournament as the No. 2 seed in the tournament in its title defense season. However, the No. 1 overall seed in the tournament was earned by North Carolina. The Tar Heels defeated the Eagles once during the regular season, 12-11 at Dorrance Field in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and again in the ACC Tournament Final 14-12 at American Legion Memorial Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Analysts and the media considered the national title favorite to be North Carolina, with Boston College, Northwestern and Florida being among the other contenders.^[8]

Among the top contenders for the national championship in 2025, Boston College was seeking back-to-back titles, North Carolina was looking for its fourth title and first since 2022, Northwestern was playing for its ninth title and first since 2023, and Florida was hoping to win its first-ever national title.

North Carolina, Boston College, and Northwestern all earned first round byes in the tournament.

Record by Conference

Overview of conference performance in the 2025 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse tournament

Conference	# of Bids	Record	Win %	FR	SR	QF	SF	CG	NC
ACC	7	11-6	.647	7	7	3	2	1	–
Big Ten	4	6-3	.667	4	4	1	1	1	–
Big 12	1	3-1	.750	1	1	1	1	–	–
Ivy	4	6-4	.600	4	3	3	–	–	–
CAA	1	1-1	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–
Patriot	3	0-3	.000	3	–	–	–	–	–
American	1	0-1	.000	1	–	–	–	–	–
American East	1	0-1	.000	1	–	–	–	–	–
ASUN	1	0-1	.000	1	–	–	–	–	–
Atlantic 10	1	0-1	.000	1	–	–	–	–	–
Big East	1	0-1	.000	1	–	–	–	–	–
Big South	1	0-1	.000	1	–	–	–	–	–
MAAC	1	0-1	.000	1	–	–	–	–	–
MAC	1	0-1	.000	1	–	–	–	–	–
Northeast	1	0-1	.000	1	–	–	–	–	–